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Music Producer It still is my ambition. And when I have made enough from trading I'm going to buy my own recording studio. Runningbear

I get the impression you're warming to the idea of system trading. Even though it's not REAL trading:D :D :D Runningbear

Nitro, Are you using tradestation just for testing or are you executing trades with them also? Runningbear

Inandlong, I think time in a trade is an important consideration. When I enter a trade, I have a specific timeframe in which I expect it to go somewhere. If it hasn't moved where I though it would within that time frame, the trade is likely to go against me anyway, so Im likely to exit and...

Guys you can always trade the Share Pirice Index contract in Australia. The day market opens about three hours after the US market closes. Margin is about the same as the ES. Moves about $12.50 US a point and it pretty much a one point spread all day. Plus you can trade it from your IB account...

Aphie, Not only are you diving off the nine foot board, but you are doing it with 12,000 specators watching! When I started trading futures, I made 26% in my first 9 days off about 40 trades. I then managed to lose about 60% in three days. A very humbling experience. I nearly wiped out...

Nitro, After trading for 6 years, I've come to know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know that I need a framework from which to trade. That's one reason I like systems, or at the very least a systematic approach. It limits the damaging effects of fear and greed on my trading. If I make...

I want the market to hold me each night, stoke my forhead and tell me it loves me. Runningbear

What do you mean by that Nitro? Runningbear

Quah, first let me congratulate you on the success of the system, it's one of the few mechanical systems I have seen that works so consistently. Personally I think the fib entry has little to do with the success of the system. I think the secret is the fact that you use a smaller profit...

Your reference to people having two systems, one for trending and one for none trending markets might be confusing people. I use one system that automatically adjusts to trending or non-trending behavior in the market. I don't switch between two systems, the single system adjusts itself to...

Any window dressing on the last day of the quarter is a great fading opportunity. The indexes are all set up for a nice down move. Easy money. Runningbear

In a deflationary environment, you'll make money on gold as long as it stays where it is. It will become a deflationary hedge, much as it was an inflationary hedge during the times of high inflation. While a lot of people question the potential upside, its probably better to question the...

You may have trouble getting a company to work with you like that as they take on all the risk. There is no downside for you, only them. It might be better to approach it is a more organic manner. Set up a website with an outline of what will be covered. Offer the initial seminar for an...

Lennie from 'Mice and Men' was into rabbits and look what happened to him. Runningbear

When you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it jumps out. When you put it in a pot of cool water and slowly heat it, it eventually boils to death. The public is in a pot of water that's half hot. Runningbear

Hi Aphe, i think the ultimate order entry system would allow you to program a specific entry and exit condition for a single market, give it a name and it's own dedicated button. The interface would allow me to have as many of these buttons displayed at any one time for the market or...

If I had one trade and I had to get it right, this is the trade I would take. Wait for a nice counter trend in the NASDAQ. Like 5 or 10 days of general upward trending. When the market starts back down and makes a new two day low. Go short. Use a new day high as your stop. Keep going short...

Mike, I have found that the most profitable system I've developed actually involves increasing the stop once it has given me a good profit. This allows me to risk less per trade but really ride the longer trend if Im not taken out in the first 24 hours. Runningbear

GG, I had this trouble a while back. I already had Java runtime installed, but I think I redownloaded it from the IB site and it worked. Give it a try. Runnigbear